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Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1887-12-25
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fresh manure and allowing the manure to
heat and decompose in the trench after
covering with earth. In the fall the ma
lure and earth can be Incorporated and
the trench will be in excellent condition
for the roots.
The farmer who will keep a flock of
twenty-five or thirty hens with the usual
accom- paniment of 100 or more lively
chickens, and will allow them to share his
domain in common with himself, bis other
stock and farm utensils. will find perplex-
ity and most abominable company at
every turn. The hen at large, in hsr mul.
tlplied form, is worse than an army of To-
Gusts and her following as offensive as q
pestilence.
Prominent poultrymen grow a large
} crop of cabbage for winter use. In the cold
season the cabbage is either chopped Gne
and fed to the hens or tied to small STAKES
so that they can pick the heads at will.
There is no great amount of nutrition in
cabbage, but it serves as a change from
grain TO green and bulky food. Every
poultryman should lay by a few for the
hens.
Farmers would find it to their advantage
to corn mutton in weak brine for home
consumption. The hams can be smoked
and used like dried beef, or they can be
boiled. The corned mutton will be found
an agreeable change from sausage and spare
ribs.
Tomato vines will endure quite an
amount OF cutting and trimming, aud
often renew themselves when nearly dead.
If the branches be too thick 1t will be of
advantage to cut some of them out from a
few vines where q limited amouns of early
lrult snail be desired.
AS the winds often throw the melon
vines out of plsce, it would be best to
allow few weeds or punches of grass to
rtmaiD in among the vines, but not at the
sse, IS the runners would throw out ten
'''tS correct With the weeds and fasten
themselves securely in place.
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resources. and the labor can be more care
fully performed and the manure used to
better advantage. As long as there shall
be.'a demand for the small fruits aud early
vegetables, the owners of small farms will
be able to make them pay. 1t Is not un-
usual for gardeners to clear $500 from q
single acre OF asparagus or celery,
and in favorable seasons some crops
of strawberries have yielded $500 per acre.
OF recent years II has been shown that
one-eighth of an acre is all that is required
to make large profit from early broilers
under the artificial process Of Matching,
and there is in the future more to learn
end greater progress to be made. Ga the
farm where large crops are grown upon the
field system there can be larger profits de-
rived and smaller areas cultivated by be-
slowing the labor and fertilizers for the
production OF those crops that bring the
best prices and are in greater demand.
Circumstances often compel those of linn
tied means to curtaQ expenses and adapt
themselves to conditions that otherwise
would not be accepted but the experience
thus gained is often of great advantage.
Instances can be shown In which small
farms that are lacking in fertility surpass
large farms that are rich and fertile; but
the difference is not so much in the soil as
in the crop. Less labor is required, pro-
portionately, to derive a profit from 8
small area compared with larger space,
and where large farm ceases to pay with
certain crops grown thereon the farmer
may, by changing his system of farming,
often find himself, to his surprise, labor
ing under the disadvantage OF cultivAtlng
too much land.
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Care of Pastures,

AS q rule, pastures in this country re-
ceive little or no care. No crop gets less
attention, yet none would respond more
quickly to good care. Much attention has
been given to premium crops of corn,
wheat, potatoes, the improvement of horses,
cattle, sheep and swine; even poultry are
encouraged by liberal premiums: but we
seldom hear OF premium crop of grass.
1t seems practical to double the present
yield without an outlay at all correspond
ing to the increased value of the crop. Is
there any good reason why farmer should
not bestow as much care in sele citing the
proper seeds, and in the advertisement Of
meadows, as he would in selecting or
breeding and raising Shorthorn bull calf
or a Merino lamb
Grass shoald not be pastured in very
early spring, before the ground settles and
the sod becomes firm. By this early pas.
turing the tops are Kept closely cut of,
the roots are injured, from which the grass
does not recover tor whole year. To gain
and thrive the grass needs soma green
leaves as much as horse needs fresh air
and q stomach to digest liberal allowance
of food. 1t cut frequently and kept short,
like the grasses of the lawn, the roots will
not make the same size and extent of
growth as when the stalks and leaves have
free development. The roots depend as
much on the leaves as the latter does on
the roots. Pastures should not be allowed
TO grow very long in spring without feed
ing, as the culms rna up the blossom and
make growth dIstasteful to all kinds of
stock. By movable fences or otherTl it
Is good plan to feed of a piece rsther
closely, let 1t get stazt, and then feed of
again evenly.
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spoonfuls cream of tartar, one teaspoonful

spoonfuls cream of tartar, one teaspoonful
of soda.
Beef tripe-Clean the tripe carefully and
soak in salt water, changing several times
cut in slices; boil until perfectly done;
DIP in butter; fry light brown; season
with salt and pepper.
White mountain cake-Three eggs. one
cup of sugar, one-half cup of new milk,
one-half cup of butter, two cups of -four,
ore tesspoonful of soda, two teaspoonfuls
Of cream of tsrtar; flavor to taste.
Fig cake-Three pints Of -four, one cup
ef butter, one of sweet milk, two and one
bali cups sugar, whites of sixteen eggs,
three teaspooDfuls baking powder, one and
one-half pounds figs, favored and cut in
strips.
Gooseberry tarts-Prepare pie paste, as
light as convenient, cover the bottom OF it
with powdered sugar, then place alter
nately a layer of picked and washed
gooseberries and one of sugar. Bake it
three quarters OF an hour.
To dress cucumbers-Gather, or buy
from market early peel and put on ice l.
til dinner; then slice as thin as possible
and put with sliced onions in dish; salt
and pepper freely, pour cup of vinegar
over them, and lay ice on top.
White fruit cake-One pound of flour,
one pound of sugar, one pound of butter,
one pound blanched almonds, three
pounds citron, one grated cocoanut, whites
sixteen eggs, two teaspoonfuls of baking
powder; flavor to taste.
Egg omelette-One pint rich sweet
cream, three tablespoonfuls -four, three
eggs well beaten, half teaspoonful salt and
pepper. Stir flour and milk smooth, add
the eggs. Melt large spoonful butter in
baking pan, pour in and bake twenty
mir utes.
Lily Cake-Two cups of sugar and one
cup Of butter mixed together, one cup of
sweet milk, one-half teaspoonful of soda,
one cup of cornstsrch, two cups Of hOu, +
one teaspooDful of cream of tartar, white
of five eggs. Flavor, and frost with chocos
late frosiiDg.
Gooseberry Pudding. q paste of
-four and beef suet chopped fine, five we'll
beaten eggs, half a nutmeg grated, little
ginger or spice and some salt; roll out the
paste, put it into cloth, fill it with goose
berries and sugar and let it boil three
hours. This is an English recipe.
Cream Cake.-Beat to froth one cup of
sugar and three eggs; on this pour one cup
of sweet cream, then stir in one and one
half cups of -four in which one teaspoon
full OF soda and two of cream of tartar are
thoroughly mixed. Flavor with lemon
and bake In quick oven thirty minutes.
Sponge Cake.-To three eggs beaten one
minute add one and one-half cups of SUI
gar and beat two minutes; one cup of
-four with one teaspoonful OF cream OF
tartar In it, aud beat two minutes; one
half cup OF cold water with one-half tea
spoonful Of soda and little salt in it;
SUR thoroughly, then add one cup of -four.
Flavor with lemon.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-08-10
Ladies and Poultry.

Though the keeping of flock of fowls
may be done by lady, yet there is too
much labor necessary in the management
Of large flock to permit of full care being
given by lady. There is nothing that
will afford greater pleasure or assist in
making home attractive than the posses
sion of flock OF hens, and the lady who
devotes a portion of her time in that d.
rection will not only have the qualification
Of supplying her table with fresh eggs aud
fat caTcasses, but there is a pleasure and
enjoyment in handling the downy little
chicks and watching their progress until
maturity. 1t requires but a small portion
OF the time, and the work is really of but
little consequence, but when we leave the
ordinary flock and begin the keeping of
poultry as a busioess the work is too close
and aTduous for lady. Those who have
large f0cks are compelled TO rise early and
work until late. and there is always some
thing TO Go. The storms OF winter and the
heat OF summer must be endured, and if
mistakes are made al the labor will be lost.
Bot, with assistance, q lady can manage
and direct The largest poultry farm.
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Remedy for the Chipch Bug.

Responsible correspon dents of the North
Carolina Progressive Farmer vouch for the
ficscy of the following emulsion: Dis.
solve oDe-half pound of common soap in
one gallon of water. Boil ii, and while
boiling hot, pour it into two gallons of
kerosene oil. Churn it and stir and beat
it until thoroughly mixed. Put one part
Of this to six parts of cold water and
sprinkle or spray the bugs by using COM
mon tin water sprinkler, which You can
get at any tin shop. From q special bulle
tin of the State Agricultural Department,
we see that Prof. Atkinson of the Uniyer-
sitp has tried it with very happy results.
He also says that Mr.. William +. Stroud
of Chapel Hill had field Of wheat which
was infested with the pests. When the
wheat was harvested they Immediately
betook themselves to the corn, which was
adjacent. Some of the corn-stalks, for
foot or eighteen inches above ground, were
literally black with the mass of insects
and sometimes, when they could not be
seen outside, they were found in great
numbers between the sheath of the blade
and the stalk. Here, too, the above rem.
edy proved complete success. This is
q cheap remedy within the reach of all.
Several parties say that by means OF it
they have saved their corn-felds of from
twenty to fifty acres. Use it at once If the
bugs are about: If not, keep this for refer
ence when they put in an appearance.
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Live Stock Notes.

Animals are subject to sunstroke as well
as human beings if compelled to endure
excessive heat. The pasture should always
contain a few shade trees also running
water.
The Rural World says that the great
profits from sheep cannot be made by
farmers who do everything in the grand
wholesale way. No animal requires
better care or closer attention than sneep.
The public tests of dairy COWS at the
leading dairy shows will do away with the
acceptance of private tests, which are
often received with suspicion. At q pub.
lie contest there is an opportunity of COM
pairing the COWS under conditions of food,
age and equal chances, as all are treated
alike.s
The National Live Stock Journal saws
that calf neglected and stinted in its food
during the first months of its life will al.
most always show the effects of it ever
afterwards, and seldom recover even under
the best of care so as to reach the sizs and
weight that 1T would had it received proper
treatment at the out set. Better sell the
calf for veal than attempt to raise 1t with.
out giving it the care it needs.
1t may hurt the cow some to cut of her
horns, says the United States Dairyman,
but so do her horns hurt others when she
goes at them full drive. 1t is doubtful if
the pain OF dehorning is greater than the
hurt of having pair of sharp horns run
into the side. In case of dehorning there
is only one hurt; but there is no end of
hurts from hooking when the horns are
left Oh.
A Minnesota farmer has been expert
meptlng on the cost of keeping sheep, and
concludes that they are an exceedingly
profitable adjunct to his farming opera
tons. He says it is safe to say that the
increase of his flock will cover the cost of
keeping it, leaving the wool for clear
profit; or the keeping may be charged
against the wool, which will not exhaust
it all, leaving the lambs a clear profit.
By retaining the female lambs from the
ewes that usually bear twins, and an.
nualIy selecting from the most prolific
breeding stock, the number of lambs may
be gradually increased each year. Numer-
ons experiments in Europe have demon
strated that the flock can be made to con-
sist of ewes that will regularly produce
twins, and sometimes triplets. Bat IN so
selecting the ewes their capacity for pro-
vidiDg proper amount of milk must not
| be overlooked.
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Land Plaster as an Absorbent.
Farm and Home.l


1t is safe to say that the ground under
nineteen.tHentieths of the stables OF the
country is saturated with a vast wealth of
fertility. Where no provisions are made
for absorbing liquid manures the loss OF
fertility is so frlghtful that realization of
it would Rppal the most stoical and indif-
ferent farmer. By far the richest part of
animal manure is in the fluids; they are
particularly rich in ammonia, an element
which land is most generally deficient in,
and which is essential to ell plant growths
Methods for the absorption and preserva-
ton of this fertility should be employed at
all hazards, and, as they are not difficult
nor expensive neglect is entirely unjusti-
fable. Straw is an excellent absorbent,
and plenty of it spread on the floor of the
stables adds to the comfort of the
stock, besides bottliDg up the de-
sired fertility. But farmers and dairy
men who have tried it say that land plaster,
all things considered, is the very best ma.
terial to use for this purpose. 1t absorbs SO
quickly and literally and holds all volatile
elements so securely that stables are made
sweet and pure to a most gratifying extent.
This feature is of incalculable value: it
makes flies less numerous and troublesome,
gives much purer air for the animals to
breathe, thus adding to their health and
vitality. In cow stables or milking sheds
the use of plaster should be considered
necessity; in neutralizing offensive odors,
which milk readily absorbs, it is worth
many times its cost. OF itself the plaster is
an excellent fertilizer for many kinds of
soils, but If it mad no other value than that
of q powerful absorbent we would be fully
justified in strongly advising its use. A
farmer who has used it as suggested here
for many years says the cost OF 1t is too
small to cut any figure; the price is low
S. to s. ton-and go little of isrequired
on an ordinary farm that the expense Is no
barrier to its universal use.
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Price Is cents per box. Sold by all dzuggistA
Dyspepsia.
The symptoms Of this ilSesse are the synp-
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after Thanksgiving rise sometimes 70 the most
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etc.
RAILWAYS SARSAPARILLIAN, aided by
Radway'S Pills, is care for this complaint. X
restores strength to she stomach and makes Il
perform ias functions. Take the medicine ec-
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When to Transplant Trees.
INfnk1s Marazino


The question, when to plant, is an i'm
portaDt one. Some will not plant any
thing in the fell, others prefer the fall to
all other seasons; the majority OF planters
will perhaps claim that spring is the best
season, for the largest amount of planting
is done at this time, and failure is not at
tributed so much to the season. Fall
planting, however, has strong advantages
among experienced tree planters, and
where planter has given that season a
fair trial, his favorable testimony is, as a
rule, secured. However, there Is a pref u
dice against fall planting, and single
failure st that season counts more against
1t than dozen in the spring. Trees and
shrubs planted early in autumn will push
roots before winter, for 1t is not necessary
hat the top grow to force root growth, all
can prove this by observation. Take up
tree or shrub in November that was
planted in August or September, and you
will be surprised to see the amount of new
and growing roots. A fall-planted tree
becomes established by this means, and
naturally is in better condition to grow
the coming spring.
believe, II careful and systematic ex.
periments were carried on in tree-planting
the fall would be found better season to
plant than in spring; the ground Is warm
and moist, In the best condition for the
formation of roots, the air is moist and
there lsnot the fierce drying winds of early
spring. or the liability of June or July
drought soon after the tree is planted.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-08-10
Be Kind to Your Horse.
[American Agrieulturist,I


Kindness with the family horse is OF the
utmost importance. Always cultivate an
acquaintance, and be on social and
friendly terms with him. II he is tired
and worn out, it is astonishing, how these
little attentions will encourage and cheer
him up. When not in use, he should be
given a reasonable amount of daily exer-
else. No animal will do well without ex-
ercise. 1t promotes good action of their
limbs, and assists digestion. The harness
should be made to fit, thus avoiding
chafes and bruises. In cold weather the
lips and tongue of the horse may be made
very sore by contact with the frozen bit
The bit should always be warmed before
being placed in the horses mouth. Flies
are vsry annoying to horses and the use
of the net, or some preparation that will
keep the flies away, is well repaid.
Care in driving is of the greatest i'm
portance. How often do we see an animal
driven until wet with perspiration, and
dotted with foam, standing without
blanket or protection of any kind from
the cold northern winds. When in su Ia
condition, he evidently suffers intensely;
besides the danger of contracting disease,
from which he will never recover. If any
law on our statute book should be more
rigidly enforced than another, it is thu one
against fast driving. When in use, blankets
should always be provided in cold weather,
30 that they will dry without chilling
Protect them from drafts when warm and
either rub down, or let them stand ia q
stable, where cold air can not strike them.
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capaaa rhistls.tn pTeaaov.

The Canada thistle, though not easily
killed, is yet comparatively easy to keep
in subsection, provided the surface is GOV.
cred with other vegetation. A heavy
growth of clover or timothy VIII leave lIE-
tie room for thistles, except in vacant
spaces. Enough will push through to keep
the root alive, and as soon as the field is
plowed they will grow with greater yigor
than ever, even on the fields where bus
few before were to be seen. Heavily seed
ing with clover or grass Is therefore
one OF the best means, not OF destroying
fhistles but of making them as little trou-
BILE rs possible. Oa q farm filed with
fhisties the larger part should be seeded
heavily, and then the fields one after an.
other be taken in hand and the thistles in
each thoroughly rooted out. 1t is true q
great deal of hay is half thistles, but this
is manly the farmers fault, either in not
sowing enough of grass and clover seed OF
in pasturing these until they wers de-
stroyed, leaving the thistles to occupy
their places.
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him TO shore beyond the sea, aud he
may be picked up by some friendly
wreckers. You are aware, Judge, pre-
sumo, that there is legend to the effect
that harpers harp upon their harps inside
the breakers across the sea to guide the
shipwrecked through openings in the
SURF"
Yes, the Judge had heard of the legend,
and although he didn't pretend to under
sand it, yet he had kind OF lingering be.
lief that it was true.
The colonel got up from his chair and
stretched himself. He looked critically at
q marble Venus standing in the corner
and yawned. Whether the yawn
was an affectatlon of lack
OF interest which he did not
feel the judge did not know, but he is
wiling to bet six days on the island against
a grocery store cigar that he heard the
colonel humming under his breath a snatch
of cong which went something like this:
Why art thou better seen toward night, dear
land?
Look always fair, look always bright,
That we may gaze
Calm
The door shut and cut the song in twain.